By model year
Mercedes-Benz S550E complaints by model year
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Model line
Mercedes-Benz S550E
Every Mercedes-Benz S550E model year on file, 2015 to 2017. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.
Owner complaints, all model years00 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years22015 to 2017
Recall campaigns7Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins189Summed across model years
Components
Complaints by component
Owner complaints across all model years, by component.
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Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years
The record for each Mercedes-Benz S550E model year
Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.
| Year | Body | Complaints | Severity index | Peer index | Recalls | Investigations | Bulletins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 3 | 1 | 116 |
| 2015 | Not decoded | 0 | None | None | 4 | 0 | 73 |
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls
Recent campaigns covering the Mercedes-Benz S550E
- 23V-854 Dec 15, 2023
Front roof panel located between the windshield and the panoramic sunroof may not have been bonded correctly to the vehicle during a prior repair,…
Structure · 2,976 vehicles - 21V-058 Feb 5, 2021
Software design of the communication module may fail to communicate the correct vehicle location for the emergency call system (eCall) in the…
Communication · 1.29M vehicles - 19V-787 Nov 1, 2019
For a full list of the affected models visit: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2019/RMISC-19V787-4620.pdf
Communication · 24k vehicles - 17V-816 Dec 18, 2017
Rear passenger door on the driver side may indicate that it is locked, when it may not be
Latches and locks · 8,700 vehicles - 17V-714 Nov 14, 2017
Transistor within the power steering control unit may overheat resulting in the power steering system being disabled
Steering · 72 vehicles - 15V-796 Nov 24, 2015
Affected vehicles are equipped with a high voltage onboard charger that may not have been built to specification, and as a result, the charging…
Electrical system · 52 vehicles - 15V-647 Oct 13, 2015
In the affected vehicles, after driving in electric mode, the fuel pump output may be insufficient to restart the gasoline engine and the vehicle…
Fuel system · 4 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.